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Morocco
Moroccan duo Somagec-SGTM pips Bouygues to Tanger Med port contract

The project is expected to cost close to half a billion euros.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.07.2024

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Along with other European firms, it will be supplying barley and soft wheat.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.07.2024

Morocco
Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

With global demand exploding, the competition is getting tougher for Morocco's veteran avocado exporters. They will soon have to compete with the royal family.

Subscribers only Business 18.07.2024

Tunisia
Justice ministry in sights of military intelligence

Defense Minister Imed Memmich, Justice Minister Leila Jaffel and Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani at the Assembly of the People's Representatives in Tunis on 17 November 2023. © Mohamed Messara/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2024

Morocco
World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

The US ambassador in Rabat, Puneet Talwar, recently reached out to the teams of Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), and Mouad Hajji, the FRMF's general coordinator, in a bid to share experiences.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 16.07.2024

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Amina Benkhadra, head of Morocco's Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, in Rabat, Morocco, on 15 September 2022. © Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu via AFP

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2024

Libya
PM Dabaiba to hold immigration forum

In the process, the Libyan prime minister is hoping to forge new international alliances.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2024

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

The Moroccan consortium is expected to win the tender call, even though rival bidder Bouygues appears to have more technical expertise. The winner should be announced over the next few days.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.07.2024

General view of Tanger Med on 6 June 2024.

Algeria
AXA Algérie shaken by embezzlement probe

Several executives of the insurance giant's Algerian branch have recently been detained or ordered not to leave the country. At issue is the suspected misappropriation of half a million euros.

Subscribers only Finance 10.07.2024

Libya
Libyan embassy in Paris in state of flux

It has been in a state of limbo since the dismissal of ambassador Khaled Kagigi in April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.07.2024

Spotlight | Egypt
Sisi's cabinet reshuffle creates new defence and diplomatic balance

Six months after his re-election, the Egyptian president has sacked his influential defence minister, with whom relations had become strained. The new foreign minister he appointed in a major cabinet overhaul is close to the country's intelligence services.

Subscribers only Defence 09.07.2024

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on 30 June 2024.

Tunisia
President's brother Naoufel Saied mysteriously dropped by Italian law firm

Both Giambrone & Partners and Saied himself are giving little away about the current state of their once-close relationship or why it suddenly changed.

Subscribers only Business 09.07.2024

Tunisia
Tunis calls on legal consultant Éloïse Obadia in bid to ward off international arbitrations

In an effort to limit foreign investors' recourse to international arbitration, Tunis has enlisted the services of a former senior counsel to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Subscribers only Business 09.07.2024

Algeria
New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

The once highly influential broadcasting and communications centre has been shut down at the request of Algeria's new head of internal intelligence, Abdelkader Haddad.

Subscribers only Defence 08.07.2024

Morocco
French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

French Egis teamed up with compatriot Systra and Moroccan Novec in the race against Spanish engineering giant Ineco to win the project management contract for the high-speed rail line connecting Kenitra and Marrakech.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.07.2024

Morocco
Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Following its stalled project with Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's company Maghreb Oxygène, the firm is still keen to be involved in the industrialisation of Morocco's green hydrogen sector.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2024

Libya
Lobbyist Mercury alerts Washington to National Oil Corporation's predicament

The US firm has warned of the constant political pressure undermining Libya's national oil company. Meanwhile, a Russian operator is planning to set up a refinery in the east of the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2024

Tunisia
Tunis plans to revive floundering aeronautical industry

To revive the struggling aeronautical industry, Jalel Tabib, who heads the foreign investments agency FIPA, plans to extend the country's World Bank-backed Aftercare support programme to the sector.

Subscribers only Business 04.07.2024

Morocco
Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

After allying with London-listed junior Energean to boost its exploration capacity, Chariot Oil & Gas is counting on a new well to boost its Anchois gas project off the northwestern Moroccan city of Larache.

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2024

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

After Canada tried to veto its Chinese industrial partner C-One in an anode plant in Morocco from becoming a shareholder, Benoît La Salle's industrial and mining group has decamped to Abu Dhabi in a bid to win over Middle Eastern sovereign funds.

Free access Mining 03.07.2024

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Plans to connect Western Sahara and Morocco's economic capital with a high voltage electricity line have come to a standstill. Despite the extra time granted by ONEE, the eligibility conditions and timetable are still considered unrealistic by potential applicants.

Subscribers only Business 02.07.2024

A high voltage power line in Errachidia province, eastern Morocco.

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Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

North Africa

Morocco
Moroccan duo Somagec-SGTM pips Bouygues to Tanger Med port contract

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Morocco
Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

Tunisia
Justice ministry in sights of military intelligence

Morocco
World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Libya
PM Dabaiba to hold immigration forum

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Algeria
AXA Algérie shaken by embezzlement probe

Libya
Libyan embassy in Paris in state of flux

Spotlight | Egypt
Sisi's cabinet reshuffle creates new defence and diplomatic balance

Tunisia
President's brother Naoufel Saied mysteriously dropped by Italian law firm

Tunisia
Tunis calls on legal consultant Éloïse Obadia in bid to ward off international arbitrations

Algeria
New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

Morocco
French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

Morocco
Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Libya
Lobbyist Mercury alerts Washington to National Oil Corporation's predicament

Tunisia
Tunis plans to revive floundering aeronautical industry

Morocco
Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Libya
Libyan interior minister key to reopening Tunisia border crossing at Ras Jedir

Algeria
Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Morocco, Zambia
Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Morocco
Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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Indigo Publications' websites

Africa Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

North Africa

Morocco Moroccan duo Somagec-SGTM pips Bouygues to Tanger Med port contract

Tunisia Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Morocco Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

Tunisia Justice ministry in sights of military intelligence

Morocco World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

Morocco Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Libya PM Dabaiba to hold immigration forum

Morocco Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Algeria AXA Algérie shaken by embezzlement probe

Libya Libyan embassy in Paris in state of flux

Spotlight | Egypt Sisi's cabinet reshuffle creates new defence and diplomatic balance

Tunisia President's brother Naoufel Saied mysteriously dropped by Italian law firm

Tunisia Tunis calls on legal consultant Éloïse Obadia in bid to ward off international arbitrations

Algeria New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

Morocco French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

Morocco Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Libya Lobbyist Mercury alerts Washington to National Oil Corporation's predicament

Tunisia Tunis plans to revive floundering aeronautical industry

Morocco Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

Morocco SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Morocco Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Libya Libyan interior minister key to reopening Tunisia border crossing at Ras Jedir

Algeria Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Morocco, Zambia Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Morocco Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Morocco
Moroccan duo Somagec-SGTM pips Bouygues to Tanger Med port contract

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Morocco
Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

Tunisia
Justice ministry in sights of military intelligence

Morocco
World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Libya
PM Dabaiba to hold immigration forum

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Algeria
AXA Algérie shaken by embezzlement probe

Libya
Libyan embassy in Paris in state of flux

Spotlight | Egypt
Sisi's cabinet reshuffle creates new defence and diplomatic balance

Tunisia
President's brother Naoufel Saied mysteriously dropped by Italian law firm

Tunisia
Tunis calls on legal consultant Éloïse Obadia in bid to ward off international arbitrations

Algeria
New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

Morocco
French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

Morocco
Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Libya
Lobbyist Mercury alerts Washington to National Oil Corporation's predicament

Tunisia
Tunis plans to revive floundering aeronautical industry

Morocco
Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Libya
Libyan interior minister key to reopening Tunisia border crossing at Ras Jedir

Algeria
Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Morocco, Zambia
Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Morocco
Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch